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- From: marc@tanda.isis.org (Marc Thibault)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: sci.crypt.research
- Message-ID: <742723089DN5.61R@tanda.isis.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 14:17:44 EST
- References: <Bzru3E.1I4@chinet.chi.il.us> <1992Dec26.130926.8025@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Gentlefolk,
-
- From what I have seen in usenet (as well as bars, clubs and
- social history), the only way to successfully partition
- sci.crypt will be for those with the incentive to make the
- move to make it. (Do the groups with the most dots in their
- names represent the frontiers of the cyberverse?)
-
- Making a sci.crypt.research|theory group will give the Verner
- Von Braun segment (vunz ze rockets go up, who cares verr zey
- komm down?) a place to have mature scientific discussions
- without interruptions from the real world. :-)
-
- It would seem appropriate for one of the mature scientists to
- paddle a RFD down to news.groups.
-
- FLAME ON:
- I'm not sure who used the word, but "hobbyist" is not the
- only alternative to "scientist" and it's an inappropriate
- discount. There are a bunch of us non-specialists here who
- have a serious professional interest in the _application_ of
- cryptography. You may recognise us as the people who
- ultimately provide the justification for your cryptology by
- providing a context for your cryptography. For us, the
- politics and logistics are just as important as the science
- and, without us, cryptology papers are write-only memory.
- :FLAME OFF
-
- I hope the specialists will continue to hang around to discuss
- these issues, whether or not a new group is formed. Maybe we
- can all make a New Year's Resolution to leave the guns and
- pederasts out of it.
-
- Happy New Year,
-
- Marc
-
- ---
- Marc Thibault | Automation Architect | All we are saying
- marc@tanda.isis.org | R.R.1, Oxford Mills, | is give global
- CIS:71441,2226 | Ontario, Canada K0G 1S0 | warming a chance.
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